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“Tony Evers urges Wisconsin Supreme Court to reconsider congressional maps”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a motion to reconsider Wisconsin’s congressional maps after the state’s legislative boundaries were changed to weaken Republicans’ grip on the state Legislature.
Evers asked… Continue reading
Former Reps. Steve Israel (D-NY) and Tom Coleman (R-MO) Warn of the Danger of a Contingent Election for President
Here at The Hill.
“NYC’s non-citizen voting law ruled unconstitutional on appeal”
Politico:
A state appeals court ruled that a New York City law that would allow non-citizens to vote in local elections is unconstitutional — marking a win for the Republican elected officials who sued to block it.
“We determine that… Continue reading
“West Virginia’s top election official embraces conspiracy theories and election denial”
NBC News:
The National Association of Secretaries of State Winter Conference is usually a cordial affair. It’s one of two occasions every year in which top election officials from most states gather to commiserate and share nonpartisan advice. But at… Continue reading
“US appeals court to decide if Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with wrong date still count”
AP:
A federal appeals court must decide if Pennsylvania voters need to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots for the votes to count, a dispute with implications for this year’s presidential contest.
The 3rd… Continue reading
“Chief Justice Roberts is right. We need to fix ballot access at the front end”
Mark Brown oped in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
“California and New York allow for preregistration at 16. Data show neither state is fulfilling the promise of these laws.”
Laura Brill at her Substack.
“Florida man arrested for alleged Kansas election fraud in No Labels party petition”
KC Star:
A Florida man accused of forging signatures on petitions to get a new political party officially recognized in Kansas has been arrested. George Andrews, 30 of Dade City, Florida, was arrested on Feb. 10 and has been charged… Continue reading
“The Quiet Way Democrats Hope to Expand Their Power at the State Level”
NYT:
Locked out of power on the Supreme Court and still playing catch-up against Republicans in the federal judiciary, Democrats are hoping to gain a political advantage on a less visible but still important playing field: the state courts.
After… Continue reading
“San Francisco Appoints First Noncitizen to Serve on Elections Commission”
KQED:
The newest member of the San Francisco Elections Commission, a seven-member civilian body that oversees and creates policy for the city’s Department of Elections, isn’t legally allowed to vote.
Kelly Wong, an immigrant rights advocate, is believed to be… Continue reading
“A Top-3 Presidential Election System”
Happy President’s Day. Here’s a new Common Ground Democracy column explaining why and how to apply the top-3 electoral system that Eric Maskin and I describe in our Project Syndicate column to presidential elections. The key, as explained at the… Continue reading
“College Leaders Urged to Act on Campus Voting Sites”
Bard News:
A letter sent today to higher education leaders across New York State calls on them to help fulfill the promise of 2022 legislation designed to promote poll sites on college campuses across New York State. It urges them to… Continue reading
“Disqualified President’s Day: Navigating the Enforcement of Section 3 in a ‘Dangerously Unclear’ Legal Framework”
Important points from Michael Stern.